Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in elearning technology make it possible for students all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bermuda to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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